Improvement in moth-proof boxes



RAPHAEL M. SELDIS, OF NEW `YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO JASON CRANE, OF BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN MOTH-PROOF BOXES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 120,904, dated November 14, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RAPHAEL M. SELDIs, of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improve-4 ment in Moth-Proof Boxes and I do hereby decla-re that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

Figure l represents a vertical central section of my improved moth-proof box. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding` parts.

This invention has for its object to provide boxes, packages, trunks, and similar receptacles with an inner lining, whereby moths will be effectually excluded and the consequent destruction of the contents prevented. The invention consists in applying a coating of thin gutta-percha to the inner side of every such receptacle. This not only makes the same practicall f airtight, to prevent dust and other impurities from entering, but is also injurious to moths, as by its peculiar odor and exhalations it destroys their life.

A in the drawingrepresents a box orlreceptacle of suitable size and shape, made of pasteboard, wood, or other material. To its inner side is applied, by gum, glue, or other means, a sheet7 a, of thin gutta-percha, for the purposes aforesaid.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The niotlrproof box or receptacle lined with gutta-percha, as described. Y

Witnesses: RAPHAEL M. SELDIS.

A. V. BRIEsEN, GEO. W. MABEE. (38) 

